Three Guys Named Mike on the Nostalgia channel. Mildly funny RomCom starring Jane Wyman and Van Johnson (1951). Wyman plays a stewardess that dates all 3 Mikes.
we said he didnât, and i feel we must believe that.
i could see voting for a noncontender just to see how the others vote
In the Mood for Love (HBO): slow but good
Kimi (HBO): DNF, sucked
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My Dead Friend Zoe at the theater. Based on a true story, but with a gender swap, two women are in the army stationed in Afghanistan as light duty mechanics. We see flash backs to this time serving and current times as Merit (one of these women) deals with some PTSD on return home. She is undergoing some court ordered group therapy with Morgan Freeman as the leader. Her dad is also suffering in the early stages of Alzheimerâs and she sees her dead friend Zoe (from Afghanistan) in her imagination (not a spoiler) all the time. This film was crowd funded and is worth a watch if you get the chance. No one in the theater left until the end of the credits waiting for the director to give a short speech about the film.
Omni Loop on Hulu. Stars Mary Louise Parker as a scientist who has a tiny black hole in the middle of her chest and will die within a week. Most of her life, she has had a supply of unknown pills that allow her to travel back in time five days. Supply seems unlimited. She used them to get great grades by taking tests and then retaking them until she did well. She has been reliving the last week of her life for a long time now, a la Groundhog Day. Lots of unanswered scientific questions but the life lessons she imparts on a young protégé are worth the watch.
The Wild Robot (Peacock) Beautiful animation. Nice story, geared to younger kids, but a bit scary and violent. Humor was more natural compared to most of this sort, and only one I would consider adult (not that any child would understand). Some people over analyze the interaction with nature, but let that analysis go.
Despicable Me 4 (Plane / Netflix) I guess as long as it makes money they will keep making them⊠Nothing in this for me.
Nickel Boys (Plane) I went in with high expectations and was generally disappointed. It was overly stylistic (using POV much of the time) which I felt distracted from the story and made the acting feel less natural. There were also many changes of timeline. and what was the important point of the story had all the power removed being relegated to discussions after the fact.
Gladiator II (Plane) Not very good. Paul Mescal didnât have the right presence (compared to Crowe), I hated the CGI animals in the coliseum. The emperors were so annoying, though I guess intended as such and I didnât care what happened to Mescal, as the back story developed late and wasnât all that intriguing. Washington was good and the turning at the end was ok. But in the final fight scene, as a 70 year old man, he lasted too well, and killing Mescalâs parents just seemed unnecessary. Washington offering the general up before any inkling of a revolt was silly, as was Mescal standing out in the first fight, as many survived.
Mickey 17 at the theater. Sci-Fi with Rob Pattinson trying to leave Earth to avoid a loan shark. He unwittingly agrees to be the expendable on a 4-5 year space flight to settle a new planet. Mark Ruffalo is the charismatic leader who lost a couple of Senate races. Toni Collette is is wife. The film is very thought provoking but in todayâs political climate, it feels like a farce but it doesnât quite hit right. Is Ruffalo a Trump character, maybe a religious cult leader, Musk? Never settled but there are a lot of seemingly Nazi and/or cult tie ins. The expendable character is used in ways that he can die and is then reprinted each time. We are now up to version 17. Some of the others were used to test vaccines and many killed Mickey. A big plot point considers how the settlers are to be considered. Who are the immigrants?
Everything Everywhere All at Once (HBO). Absolutely my type of movie. Loved it just as much as the first watch a couple years ago.
I Saw the TV glow (HBO). Mostly meh. Interesting concept with mediocre execution imo.
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Saturday Night (Netflix) I liked it, it was fun, well paced, a bit frenetic, but that was what it was supposed to be. The casting did a great job of capturing the looks and voices of the stars.
I really want to wish this was true.
Venom: The Last Dance (Netflix) When it isnât trying to be funny, it actually wasnât too bad
Nosferatu (Peacock) Beautifully filmed, well acted, but I felt no horror or uncomfortableness at all. The story isnât enough, it comes from the actors faces, I just didnât feel it
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Black Bag at the theater. Stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married spies in a fairly standard story. A few twists and turns, but nothing great.
I watched it when it first came and loved it. A second viewing makes sense given its complexity.
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The Electric State on Netflix. New Netflix original. Must have cost a fortune given all of the people in it. Story based after a robot uprising as they gained sentience. Robots lost and were exiled to maybe New Mexico? Humanity won based on one child. His sister (Millie Bobbi Brown) is now looking for him. Chris Pratt is her guide into the EX, the land of exile. Too much of Chris Pratt being Chris Pratt, but otherwise, enjoyable.
Novocaine at the theater. Jack Quaid as a gut with a genetic issue that causes hi to not be able to feel pain. The film uses that to great advantage as he is put into situations that are truly grotesque. Need a pretty strong stomach to watch it, but the story is well done and worth it, if you are up to it.
âMountain Queenâ (2023). Netflix. Documentary About Lhakpa Sherpa, who has climbed Everest 11 times.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (HULU). Quentin Tarantino is really hit or miss for me, but I really liked this one. Itâs no Pulp Fiction / Kill Bill, just an overall enjoyable story.
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Little Siberia on Netflix. This is a Norwegian film that moves about as quickly as a glacier. Basic story is a small meteorite hits a small town, a car in fact, being driven by a local. It is put in a local museum until the town can decide what to do, it may be worth a million euros. A priest (former soldier) is watching the meteorite each night. If you can get through the first 90% of the film, the last 10% has a lot of crazy action. Not sure it is worth the time though.
The Count of Monte Cristo on Apple TV ($5.99). A French version with subtitles and everything. We got our moneyâs worth as it ran 3 hours long. Not a great retelling of a great story. They changed some of the underlying story that changed how the ending hit.
Kraven the Hunter on Netflix. Pretty entertaining, more so that I expected. If you can get past Russell Croweâs Russian accent, it is worth the time. Lots of action and it sets up nicely for a sequel.
It was much better than Morbius and Madam Web, but thatâs a pretty low bar. All in all it was decent action movie with an OK origin story though unless you are going for completeness on the Marvel flicks including the sony stuff, you can probably skip it.
Snow White - 
Hip_tiger_wife and I loved it. Media sniping on all sides is absurd.